2013 Started in a combined 26 games during the
2013 season … Recorded 21 hits, eight RBI, nine runs scored,
one double, seven walks, and two stolen bases … In the field
he tallied 46 putouts and 84 assists … Made his first start
of the year at second base against Greenville College (Ill.) on
March 14 … Recorded four putouts on three different
occasions … Tallied a career best six assists at Bridgewater
State University as the starting shortstop … Had his best
overall defensive performance with three putouts and five assists
against Western Connecticut State University on May 3 … Also
finished that game 3-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored
… Drove in a career-high three runs as he went 2-for-5 with
a double at MIT on April 25 … Went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a
run scored against Keene State College on May 8 in the first round
of the Little East Conference tournament.

2012 Saw action in 21 games, while making nine
starts as a freshman … Split time between second base and
shortstop while also serving as one of the team’s primary
pinch runners … Totaled four hits, two runs and two RBI in
25 at-bats … Finished the year with a .160 batting average
and .276 on-base percentage … Recorded his first career hit
in his first career start March 30 at Saint Joseph’s (Maine)
… Went 1-for-1 with his first career run March 5 as a
defensive replacement against Gordon College … Recorded a
career-high two hits and one RBI April 25 in a win over Wentworth
… Played with the Torrington Rebels out of the Connecticut
Tri-State League over the summer.

PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Two sport (basketball and
baseball) athlete at Torrington High School, where he graduated
from in 2011 ... Named team captain as a senior and was named to
the All-Star game in 2010 as a junior ... Selected to the
Connecticut Naugatuck Valley League All-Copper Division team as a
senior ... Played in the American Leagion Futures All-Star game in
2010 ... Won 3 varsity letters in basketball and 4 varsity letters
in baseball ... Helped his team to a Naugatuck Valley League
Championship in 2011 ... Born on July 15, 1992 ... Son of Anthony
and Tammy Failla ... Has one brother, Mike and one sister Jena ...
Majoring in criminal justice.